Roman Bronze Bow Brooch

2ND CENTURY A.D.

2 1/8 in. (26.6 grams, 54 mm).

With chord and pin (now detached) at the head, D-section bow with lateral spurs, collar and swept foot with notched detailing, bulb finial, catch to the reverse.

Provenance

Ex important German collection, 1990s.

This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 332, for type; Palagyi, T., Facsady, A., Romains de Hongrie, Lyon, 2002, p.43, and fig.43.

Footnotes

This type of fibula, common in Pannonia, was typically worn in men's clothing. It closed the paenula on the chest, arranged horizontally. Naturally, it could also be worn with military attire.

CONDITION

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